# InlinePDF

> View PDFs in your browsers built in PDF viewer instead of downloading them to your device by default.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/inlinepdf](https://chrome-stats.com/d/inlinepdf)

## Overview

- **ID:** `inlinepdf`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Removed
- **Publisher:** altoryon
- **Category:** download-management,privacy-security
- **Daily users:** 1
- **Weekly downloads:** 1
- **Version:** 1.0
- **Last updated:** 2023-01-21
- **First published:** 2023-01-20
- **Size:** 10 KB
- **Data as of:** 2023-01-23
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/inlinepdf/)

## Description

View PDFs in your browsers built in PDF viewer instead of downloading them to your device by default.

This extension will allow you to open PDFs without them downloading onto your device. You can still choose to download the PDF if you choose to. The default will now be to view the PDF in your browser.

This extension request permissions to see data related to all URLs that contain a PDF. This is the most restrictive I can make this extension while also keeping it useful.

The source code can be found at <a href="https://prod.outgoing.prod.webservices.mozgcp.net/v1/9d7f4b7422ac4d69ecdb761c17f880b0b121505352f6b3d24ed15cc3f5096505/https%3A//github.com/buggysolid/view-pdf-in-browser" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/buggysolid/view-pdf-in-browser</a>

And the reasoning behind writing the extension can be found at https://ciaran.dev/2022/06/30/why-do-some-pdfs-download-and-others-are-viewable-in-browser.html

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `webRequest`
- `webRequestBlocking`

### Host permissions

- `*://*/*.pdf`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** High risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
- This extension is not longer available in the store

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/inlinepdf)